Um, tbrents—I know you’re really into your Mustangs. And obviously, you write. So you think you might wanna try your hand at this? Contract writers for automotive pieces for young people Oh—my parents have the girl for the weekend, so…
Weekly Writing Exercise for Gamers
I started to just send this to sambear via email, then realized that there are quite a few people I know here who might appreciate it: Game WISH—weekly writing exercise for gamers Thanks to immlass for creating it. You can…
Interviewee Wanted
I need to find someone who doesn’t attend my school to interview as a potential “audience member” for the school’s composition website. The professor wants to use the site, which my project team is redesigning for her, as a “marketing…
School & Book Notes
Note to self: WEAR SHORTS TOMORROW YOU IDIOT! It’s ridiculously hot in this room, and I have another class here tomorrow night. This whole building just doesn’t have good air circulation, period. I hate being cold, but at least in…
Define Technical Communication
Assignment: Define “technical communication” using an analogy, in 20-30 words, as you would if explaining what you do at a cocktail party. Technical writers are mostly translators. We take complex information and explain it as clearly as possible, avoiding jargon…
The Relationship Diet
I haven’t put the “relationship diet” article on my web site because Sam was going to try to market it to a magazine. I don’t think I’ve posted it here. If I have, please forgive me and attribute the repeat…
The Etiquette Articles
Okay, the articles are now up on my website. Thank you for all your help!
Being a Host
As the practice of entertaining at home has, unfortunately, fallen by the wayside, many people have missed out on learning how to do so politely. I know that I am not at all qualified to host, for instance, a formal…
When You Take Children to Other People’s Homes
Continuing the prior article, these are the specific additional guidelines to be followed when one is a guest in someone’s home and has children with you. Again—do they make sense? What have I left out? If you disagree with something,…
Basic Rules of Being a Polite Guest
I have repeatedly threatened to write an article entitled, “The Coaster is NOT a D2!” and submit it to Dragon Magazine. I rather doubt that it would be published, but I think many a hostess of gaming groups would agree…